Architectural details from a bye gone age anchor the photo in the past. There are no traffic signs, power cables, or telephone wires, or graffitti to give any visual clues as to the time when the photo was taken. Can you imagine the amount of crawling and scraping, ducking and diving until you hit that sweet spot where there is no neon, no hoardings, billboards, or advertisments

The windows are arched and old, the drainpipe is cast iron, the building sandstone and not reinforced concrete.

And why take the trouble to get the right angle, the correct composition... well it forces you to look before you click the shutter, and taking a long good look at things is even more satisfying than taking the photo

THe lady in waiting stand with the sun in her face and what looks like a basrelief of the world on her belly.